Gary Cooper officially debuts
on our site today. This is the first of four pictures of this durable
leading man―a posed publicity shot from his early film Morocco, with
Marlene
Dietrich. I can't tell if that's a Hollywood ersatz rock wall behind
him, or the real thing!

December 31, 2004

We'll post updates a couple of days in advance
until the end of the year. Somehow, with the year winding down, so
will I eventually―so enjoy these "early editions" while you
can!

Today we've got another brand new star for the
website:
Jackie Cooper,
shown here with
Wallace Beery in their famous
film
The Champ. This little
guy could really act and emote. He had lots of roles in the 1930's,
most notably as a member of the Little Rascals in the Our Gang comedies.

Today we have a new picture of
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
from his delightful film
The Thief of Bagdad.
It's hard to find good images from this film, and the original photo here
had lots of defects―scratches, fuzzy patches, etc. We did what we
could with it, in order to capture the wonderful flying carpet scenes at the close of
the film. The set below them, however, looks sort of cheesy...I wonder how it
looked in the film. Well, let's see:
here's the clip...ah, much
better!

December 11, 2004

He's B-A-A-C-K! Here's a new photo of Boris Karloff from
The Mummy.
Karloff was one of the most compelling actors ever to appear on screen.

December 10, 2004

The
Marx Brothers
return for some Duck Soup today.
Between takes on their pictures, Chico and Harpo played a lot of cards.
Their game of choice? Well, they were inveterate bridge players.
The game was all the rage in the 1930's.

Also check out our second film clip from
King Kong. This is the
famous scene where Kong reaches in the window to grab
Fay Wray,
knocking Bruce Cabot away with one (not all that convincing) fell swoop!

December 8, 2004

We have three more wallpapers from
Sylvie today: Errol
Flynn, Louise Rainer and Jobyna Ralston. Thanks for these beautiful
renderings, Sylvie!

December 7, 2004

Another new star debuts today:
Myrna Loy. This lady
had a stellar career, playing exotic, tempestuous sirens early on, and
gradually transitioning to more mature roles. We'll have plenty more
of her in the future.

We've got the first of three
Fatty Arbuckle pictures up
today. This famous―and tragic―early film comedian is under-appreciated
today. Hopefully, we can add some interesting scans of him over the
next several months. This is a start anyway. In our first photo,
he's posing with the one and only Harry Houdini!

Still wending our way through the
Marx Brothers series, we have
a new picture of Groucho, who's bringing new meaning to the term "eating
lead," from Go West.

December 4, 2004

Here's another
Errol Flynn picture, our
final one in the series for now. And it's a good one―a posed close-up
shot of the popular star in trench coat and hat. Also look for a new
film clip of him in action, from
Dodge City.